Wagon-brake.



H. 0. MURDOOK.

WAGON BRAKE.

APPLICATION FILED OOT. 2,1909.

Patented Apr. 26, 1910.

HENRY C. MUBLDOCK, OF CLAPPER, MISSOURI.

WAGON-BRAKE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Apr. 26, 1910.

Application filed October 2, 1909. Serial No. 520,760.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, HENRY O. MURDOOK, a citizen of the United States,residing at Clapper, in the county of Monroe, in the State of Missouri,have invented a new and useful Wagon-Brake, of which the following is aspecification.

This invention relates to new and useful improvements in wagon brakesand comprises various details of construction and combinations andarrangements of parts which will be hereinafter fully described and thenspecifically defined in the appended claim.

I illustrate my invention in the accompanying drawings, in which Figure1 is a side elevation showing my brake lever operating apparatus asapplied to the side of a wagon box. Fig. 2 is a sectional view showingparts in elevation, and

, Fig. 3 is a detail view of a part of the device.

Reference now being had to the details of the drawings by letter, Adesignates the wa on box and B a curved bar, the ends of which arefastened one above the other to the sides of the box by means of bolts0. Said bar is bent outwardly at points D, D having a portion providedwith the notches D which are in a plane parallel with the box and spacedapart therefrom.

E designates a rod having an angled end E which is pivotally mounted inthe bar B, preferably at the location shown in Figs. 1 and 2 of thedrawings, said rod E having its other end E angled and pivotallyconnected to the lever I to which a rod J is pivotally connected at J.

The upper convexed edge of the bar B is provided with ratchet teeth Dadapted to be engaged by the pawl N pivotally mounted upon the pin Ncarried by the lever I, said pin N being held in position by means of akey P.

The plate S, a detail of which is shown in Fig. 3 of the drawings, isheld to the bar I by means of the pins J and N and serve as a guide tothe lever I as it is swung back and forth.

What I claim to be new is A wagon brake comprising, in combination witha wagon box, a curved bar fastened at its ends to the box and havingoutwardly bent portions with an intermediate part parallel to and spacedfrom the box, the upper convexed edge of the bar having ratchet teeth, arod having angled ends, one of which is pivotally connected to said bar,a lever pivoted to its other end, a pawl carried by the lever andadapted to engage the teeth of said bar, an angled plate fastened tosaid lever with its ends engaging the latter, one upon either side ofsaid bar and adapted to, guide the lever as it is swung back and forth,and a rod pivoted to said lever adjacent to one end of said plate.

HENRY O. MURDOCK.

Signed in our presence: RoB'r. MERIWETHER, ROY B. MERIWETHER.

